INTRODUCTION
In Leviticus 23 we find the most comprehensive record of how the Israelites were commanded by God to observe seven feasts over a period of seven months. The Hebrew for feasts, moadim is strictly translated as appointed times. Four feasts were in the spring and the final three were observed in autumn. The feasts have multiple layers of meaning and application. They were related to the agricultural cycle and historical events meant to remind the Hebrews of what the LORD has done for them. As important as these recognitions were, they are nothing compared to what the feasts are ultimately about.
Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ (Col 2:16-17 [ESV]).
The days regularly observed by the Israelites were a shadow or prophetic types pointing to what their Messiah has done or will do. In other words, every single feast was really about one of the major works that Jesus would perform. When the Israelites observed the feasts they were in a sense putting on plays that celebrated Jesus. Leviticus 23 is a striking prophetic summary of God’s plan to redeem creation.
PASSOVER
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is the LORD’s Passover (Lev 23:5).
Passover (Heb. Pesach) began on the 14th of Nisan. The feast was to observe when the Israelites were passed over by the wrath of the LORD as He moved through Egypt slaying the firstborn of each family. The LORD passed over each home that had the blood of a sacrificed lamb applied to the lintel and doorposts (Ex. 12:1-28). Even before the first Passover occurred, Moses ordered that the day would be kept as a memorial and a feast (Ex. 12:14).
On the 10th day of Nisan, Jesus rode into Jerusalem on His donkey. This happened on the very same day that the Israelites were to select their unblemished lambs to be sacrificed by the whole congregation four days later (Ex. 12:3-6). Like the unblemished lambs, Jesus was presented to Israel as being perfect (i.e. sinless) before being sacrificed on the 14th day of Nisan or the beginning of Passover (John 19:14). The Passover lambs died at twilight (Ex. 12:6; Lev. 23:5) as did Jesus (e.g. Matt. 27:45-50).[1]
Of course Jesus is the ultimate Passover lamb which the others were only pointing to. Jesus was truly the lamb without defect (1 Peter 1:19) as He knew no sin (2 Cor. 5:21). Jesus was the lamb who takes sin away from the world (John 1:29). Paul even identified Christ as the Passover lamb that had been sacrificed (1 Cor. 5:7).
Romans 3:25
whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
The blood of Jesus is applied to those who have faith in Him. This allows the sin of the saved person to be covered by the righteousness of Christ so that God may pass over. This is the true Passover that the first one in Egypt and the reenactments on the feast day were only looking to.
UNLEAVENED BREAD
And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. But you shall present a food offering to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work” (Lev 23:6).
The feast of Unleavened Bread begins on the 15th of Nisan and lasts for seven days. The first and last days of the seven day feast are identified as holy convocations or high Sabbaths. The feast looked to recall how the Israelites were not able to add yeast to their bread as they fled from Egypt (Ex. 12:33-34). The prohibition against eating leavened bread during the feast was so severe that all of it had to be removed from the Israelites’ homes. If any person did eat leavened bread then he or she was cut off from Israel (e.g. Ex. 12:15).
Recall that Jesus died only hours before sunset on Nisan 14. He would have been buried on the 15th of Nisan and thus on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. While the burial of Jesus clearly fulfilled this feast, it is not immediately obvious as to how. The answer lies in that Scripture often uses leaven as a picture of sin and its corrupting nature. Jesus Himself used leaven in this sense on a few occasions including Mark 8:15:
And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
The apostle Paul also used leaven in this sense as part of his teachings. For example, 1 Corinthians 5:6:
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
The burial of Jesus then signified Messiah’s sinless life and thereby Him being the perfect sacrifice. It may even be fair to conclude that the buried body of Jesus was likened to a kernel of wheat planted in the ground that would soon burst forth as the bread of life (John 6:35-51). Even the Matzo bread used by Jews in celebrating Passover today is filled with piercings and wounds (Is. 53:5).
FIRSTFRUITS
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, and he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it (Lev 23:9-11).
The feast of Firstfruits is on the 17th of Nisan. On this day the harvest was celebrated by waving a sheaf of the first ripened grain[2] before the LORD. Jesus rose from the dead on the third day and therefore on the feast of Firstfruits. His resurrection was like a wave offering before the Father that signaled that there would be many more to follow (Rom. 8:23). Paul verifies this in 1 Corinthians 15:20:
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
WEEKS OR PENTECOST
“You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering. You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering of new grain to the LORD (Lev 23:15-16).
On the 6th of Sivan Shavuot or the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost (Greek for fifty) was to be observed. It was a common Jewish belief that Weeks was commemorated in order to celebrate the day that the LORD gave Moses the Law on Mt. Sinai and the subsequent birth of Israel as a nation (Ex. 19). Moses brought the people out to meet God and they saw that Mt. Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the LORD had descended upon it in fire (Ex. 19:17-18).
Another holy nation, the Church (1 Pet. 2:9) (i.e. the Body of Christ) was born on Pentecost when the Father sent the Holy Spirit in Jesus’ name (John 14:26) to indwell His people (Acts 2). Jesus appeared over a period of forty days after His resurrection (Acts 1:3). Before Jesus ascended, He told the apostles not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised. For ten days the apostles were waiting for something to happen. The wait was necessary because the Holy Spirit had to come on the specified day. Fifty days after Messiah’s resurrection on Firstfruits, God once again descended upon His people with fire (Acts 2:3).
SUMMER
The first four feasts in the spring and the last three in the fall were respectively celebrated in clusters. The long season between the two clusters of feasts apparently represents the period between the two advents of Messiah. Paul explains that this is a time in which Israel is partially hardened until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in (Rom. 11:25). When this period ends the prophetic clock on Israel will resume and thus the beginning of the fall feasts.
Because the last three feasts have not been fulfilled, only speculation is provided on how they will be. However, there is enough Biblical evidence to allow for solid educated guesses. Because the first four feasts were fulfilled on the same days they were celebrated, this pattern is likely to continue.
15 ‘You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete sabbaths. 16 You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh sabbath; then you shall present a new grain offering to the LORD.
Trumpets
Leviticus 23:23–25:
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25 You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall present a food offering to the Lord.”
Yom Teruah or the Feast of Trumpets was to be observed on the first day of Tishri, the seventh month. Yom Teruah means “days of shouting.” It is a day of rest much like a sabbath day.
Scripture doesn’t tell us what the feast day is meant to observe. It’s future prophetic fulfillment, however, will be fulfilled by the raising of the dead and the saints rising into the air to greet Christ. Note the wording used in 1 Thessalonians 4:14–18:
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
It is even possible that the two loaves of bread that were to be brought before the LORD (Lev. 23:17) represented both Jew and Gentile.
DAY OF ATONEMENT
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves and present a food offering to the LORD. And you shall not do any work on that very day, for it is a Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God (Lev 23:26-28).
Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement is observed on the 10th of Tishri and is the most holy day among the Israelites. This is the last of the high holy days and also the last opportunity during the year for sins to be confessed and atoned for. By fasting and refraining from work the people played out what it would be like to receive the death sentence for a day. All that could be done was to throw oneself at the mercy of the court and seek the forgiveness of God based on His merit alone.
The Second Coming of Messiah fits the fulfillment of the Day of Atonement best. On this day the final remnant of the Jews will look upon Him whom they have pierced and weep bitterly (Zech. 12:10). The Jewish people will then come to experience true atonement by throwing themselves at the mercy of Jesus their Messiah. Finally, all of Israel will be saved (Rom. 11:26). Jesus required that the Jewish nation say of Him, “blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” before they would see Him again (Matt. 23:39). At last this requirement will be fulfilled and Jesus will return to Earth (Zech. 14:4).
TABERNACLES
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths to the LORD . . . You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All native Israelites shall dwell in booths, (Lev 23:33-34; 42).
Sukkot or the Feast of Tabernacles was to be observed on the 15th of Tishri. The feast memorialized the Israelites living in tabernacles when the LORD brought them out of Egypt (Lev. 23:43).
The Feast of Tabernacles will be fulfilled by the Millennium or Messianic age. This is a glorious period when Satan is bound and God in the person of Jesus will tabernacle with His people (e.g. Is. 24:21-23; Zech. 14:9; Rev. 20:1-7). Jesus literally tabernacles with man by being the divine word and taking on flesh.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth (John 1:14).
The Greek σκηνόω is translated as dwelt here. However, it literally means to abide in a tabernacle. It is for this reason that Jesus may have even been born of the Feast of Tabernacles.
On the first day of the feast, branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm and other leafy trees were gathered to make the booths (Neh. 8:15). Saints coming out of the tribulation to enter the Millennium are described as holding palms in their hand (Rev. 7:9-17).
Zechariah 14 describes events that will take place during the Millennium or Messianic age. Only one feast is mentioned as being celebrated: tabernacles. During the Messianic age there will still be unbelievers on earth and they will be forced to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles or Messiah will allow no rain to fall on their land (Zech. 14:17-18). The importance of observing the feast during the Messianic age among even non-believers is striking. The fulfilled feast is so connected with the Messianic age that the two are virtually indistinguishable.
While this connection may seem tenuous to those new to studying it, the position is an ancient one rooted in the early church. For example, the third century church father Methodius of Olympus wrote:
The resurrection, which is the true Feast of the Tabernacles…on the first day of the resurrection, which is the day of judgment, celebrate with Christ the millennium of rest, which is called the seventh day, even the true Sabbath. Then again from thence I after the rest of the Feast of Tabernacles, come into the heavens, not continuing to remain in tabernacles…[3]
CONCLUSION
Our God is truly amazing in the way that He has ordered events to unfold according to His sovereign purposes. The Feasts of Israel may have been celebrated by the Israelites for certain reasons. However, even in Leviticus God said that the feasts were appointed of the LORD and that they were His (Lev. 23:2). Their true nature was never limited to what the Israelites had gone through or needed from God, rather they were about the glorious things God would accomplish as the Son. Truly, the substance belongs to Christ.
Passover was the conception of the church not birth, Christ (the head) was born on trumpets as will the body be on 21 Sep 2017 at the sign of Rev 12.1-5.
Wow! Exactly as I see it.
2017? Wow!! Off by 10-12years? Firgure it out. When did Jesus come the first time as King Zechariah 9:9 27-30 AD? The beginning of the last two thousand years and His return as King at the end of the sixth day fulling the reamaining Fall Feast and the beginning of the Sabbath. Well worth the study.
HEBREW ENGLISH
Yom T’ruah Trumpets
(also called Rosh HaShanah)
The feast of trumpets was governed by the very start of the new moon. Israel did not know THE DAY OR THE HOUR this would take place. Because 2 people from Israel had to see this new moon at the same time. This is when Feast of Trumpets actually started. That Moment. and The Trumpets Blew in Israel. If it was a cloudy night and the moon wasn’t visible they had to wait until it was visible. Not knowing the Day or the Hour or the Moment. This is also the statement for the Rapture of the saints. The catching away. On feast of trumpets. ( what year ? ) the Rapture will happen. Jesus has to fulfill this next feast first. This is a Hebrew account of how the feast would begin. It’s in there writings. Paul knew this very well when he wrote the Rapture statement. Mel Sims
@melSims, amen, my brother. Spot on about the feast of Trumpets and the Hebrew idiom “No one knows the Day or Hour”.
Paul confirmed this and told us explicitly that the resurrection happens at the Last Trumpet which is the 100th blast of the shofar on Rosh Hoshanah.
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correction to comment above. (what year ?) will the rapture happen.
Where or from whom did the theory originate?
The New Testament itself confirms that the feasts are fulfilled in the Messiah, in the events that happened on the same dates, in the language used to describe them and in these events actually being referred to by the feast names. You can find early church fathers, such as Methodius (documented in the article), speaking of this as common knowledge.
Please provide the scriptures
They are provided throughout the article with commentary. Did you read it?
Thanks for the article and the source references Matthew. I especially like the way you handle critics. God bless.
thanks for being a repenter…. its so amazing learn about god!!! 😉
Often the Greek word Plaroo Stongs G-950 is fulfilled but means Confirmed Yes the Feast are Confirmed in Yahushua His Real Name because He did them Kept them as an example to us for us to walk as He walked ! ! Jesus is a false name and a lie John:4:23 and 24 say that we must worship in spirit and in truth by Yahushua Himself. Also if Yahushua fulfilled these feast as you wrongfully claim then why to the Disciples and all new converts keep these feast long after His life death resurrection and accession? Matthew Irwin does violence to the truth of scripture in his mis-understanding of it and twist the scriptures. 1 Corinthians 5:8 therefore let us keep the Festival. not with old leaven. not with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. This book in fact the entire New testament wasn’t even penned till about fifty years after the life and death of Yahushua , and later. So if the Feast were done away with by then don’t you think they would have gotten the memo by then ? ) Because Shaul / Paul is still telling them new converts former Gentiles to keep the Feast in 1st Corin:5:8 and he is not just speaking the Jew’s and calling them back to do what the Torah commands. If you look at the direct commandments of Yahuah , vs. the writing of Paul which is twisted to your own destruction 2 Peter 3:16,. You can think of it this way ..did Paul / Shaul die for sins ? NO ! so why are you listening to him? as opposed to the direct commands of the Most High ? Who are you following? Now of course Paul never meant that the law was done away or nailed to the cross its the penalty of sin and death which has been done away with. You must view the New Testement t through the lens of the Torah so you mis-understand it. If we don’t keep the 7th day Shabbat we are breaking the Torah and the Commandments and sinning 1st John;3:4. And, His name is NOT God ! But its also hidden in HalleluYah ! the phrase of praise known world wide His Name preserved and HalleluYah means Praise Yah is the shortned Form as in Psalm 68:4. If you consider that we have the direct commandments of Yahuah telling us the keep these Feast which are His appointed times as in Leviticus 23 also is the 7th day Shabbat is His appointed times these are His Feast not the Jews and these Feast were established long before any Jewish Tribe its should be Yahudim people form the tribe of Yahudah from the land of Yahudah there is NO letter J in Hebrew of Greek and it did not appear in English till about the year 1660 CE so His Name could NEVER have been Jesus which mean Hail Zeus according to some linguistic scholars. I think you have been praising the wrong god! Something to think about there is no other name under heaven by which men must be saved Acts;4;12.Matthew talks about the early church father ( really ) the former pagan priest of Alexander Egypt which the Pagan Emperor Constantine summoned to Rome in 321-25 CE where by an edict of death the 7th day Shabbat was out-lawed and the Emperor then made Sunday the official day of worship of the empire honoring Mithra a sun-god he was never a convert to anything, let alone the True Faith / Emunah. The second scripture reference Matthew makes here is in regard to Colossians 2:16-17 Therefore let no man judge you ” is key for Keeping them ! because you had different groups of people who came from different beliefs both Pagan and Gnostic , those of these groups those converts former family / friends and so on would mock them and ridicule them for their new beliefs and Messiah and in keeping His Torah and Feast , which is why its written let no man judge you . A shadow has to be cause by a solid object which by its shadow you can find your way back to it , the Substance of it is Yahushua , that is right these are His Feast ! see Leviticus 23:2 it does not say these are the Jewish feast but His ! There is so much wrong in this article and its views are distributing especially if the person writing it is educated in seminary and a supposed theologian which tells me why the world is deceived Revelation 12:9 Yahushua . Don’t you know that Paul was NOT a Christian and that Yahushua did not practice Judaism, the Prophets and the Fathers of MY Faith / Emunah are Abraham , Issac and Yacob , Men who were in a Covenant and personal Relationship with Yahushua / Yahuah who are the same! Abraham kept the Commandments the Torah long before there were Jews/Yahudim see Genesis 26;5 and in Revelation those the become the Bride of Messiah Yahushua are those who keep the Commandments / Torah and the Testimony of Yahushua Revelation : 14:12 and 12:17. And bear in mind He is also the living Torah/ the Word made flesh in John;1;1-14 The churches that word its etymology the stem of that word comes from the Greek pagan goddess Circe the goddess of delusion how appropriate because the churches today are in delusion calling on a false name and showing up on a false day of worship and living a lie. 2nd Thessalonians 2;9-15 to sum it up if you don’t hunger and seek after the truth you end up with the lie ! Now we will see if this make it through the gate keeper / a moderator Peace and blessing I hope this will open up the eye’s of those seeking the truth.
Let me ask you a simple question: are you suggesting that the Jewish writers of the New Testament used a Pagan name when referring to the Messiah?
Please tell me you go to Isreal for every feast as commanded?
So you keep Sabbath, a ceremonial commandment, but don’t keep the sacrifices and burnt offerings (no pun intended, your tithes are “burnt” pretty well I’m sure). Who picks and chooses where and when and what part of the ceremonial commandments you are keeping. Because if I’m not mistaken if you keep one, you must keep them all correct? Jesus/Yeshua/Yahushua, is that bronze serpent that we will live if we look to him. If you want to look to the stone tablets, they will only bring more condemnation and reveal your sin. The sin that can only be removed by the Messiah’s blood. He was raised up like the brass serpent that we will live. He took on the curse for us. That was the forshadow. The tablets were the schoolmaster. They have faded, and the substance is in Yeshua! No longer be a servant of the law! Serve the king of Kings! Amen
The Sabbath is the 4th commandment of God’s Holy Law. What does the Bible say the definition of sin is? Transgression of the law. If God could simply do away with the law, Jesus would never had to die.
Amein Gloria! Mr. Benjam is preaching another gospel.
Thank you for taking the time to write so much truth!
So Doyle, in the past I have on several occasions, I have cast out a demon in the name of Jesus, Yeshua and the demon spoke out and fled. So explain how those names had the power to cast out the spirit of darkness if they were pagan names
All the feast mentioned in the bible has been fulfilled except, feast of tabernacles & trumpet
How was Yom Kippur fulfilled?
I am not claiming they have all been fulfilled as Ezekiel above does, but I would suggest Yom Kippur was partially fulfilled — it is also the Day of Wrath — when Barabbas (son of the father) was released and the Son of the Father took on the sin of Israel.
thanks for teaching me. God bless u
it is sad how many believe trhat the broken lies of the false teaching of the law being nailed to the cross does anyone keep the t10 commandments . and ar have they all be beguiled by mans vain traditions and philosophy . christamas and all the pagan garbage that is from its inceptin , the Sabbath that was commanded to be remembered and the reckless and AROGANT that you can just make things up as you go after chriist said to temptation not by bread alone , but by every word the comrom fathouth . to trade those eternally holy celebrations that are so enlightening and help s stillto learn by doin. traded for meaningless man made pagen holydays , and just because you say the mean something well father is no respecter of persons . you saying against the word . is blasphemous ! the things mainstream jesus followers , are the majority i do greatly believe who arew about to hear get away from me i never knew you . when you take the comming vaccine you will lose your chance to come into ther kingdom so stop praying fooooe vaccine cure for a virus . that is non existant . no deqdly virused on YAHUAHs great not a globe earth !!! the sabbath was toprove who you were or could have been . but stubborn peopel it seems we mostly see ///
I want to suggest something on the Feast of Tabernacles as I believe it’s also tied into end time prophecy during the 7-year Tribulation time of Daniel’s 70th week. Let’s start with Jesus in John 7:2 “Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.” then John 7:37-39 Jesus CRIES with tears in the last day of the feast saying, “If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water’ (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receie: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because Jesus was not yet glorified)”. This was talking about the Holy Spirit that was poured out in Acts 2 because Jesus’ glorified had to be after his death, burial, and resurrection. The question here is… what did Jesus see at this feast that made him say that with so much passion?
In the later ritual of the Feast of Tabernacles, the priests went in solemn procession to the Pool of Siloam, filled a golden vase with water, carried it to the Temple, and poured it out on the western side of the altar of burnt offering, while the people chanted Psalms 118 “The Hallel” – “The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation” (Ellicott Commentary), another commentary says as they poured water on the alter they shouted joyfully saying, “they shouted, “with joy ye shall draw water out of the wells of salvation!”. If we look at the name Jesus, (Ye-Shua: “Ye” short for Jehovah, note the J was changed through English translation because there wasn’t one in the Hebrew. And “shua” means salvation so yeshua = “the existing one is my salvation”.
Now that we know that, check out Isaiah 12:1-6 where it references a song from when God delivered Israel from Egypt but states “in that day” which is speaking prophetically in the future of Israel salvation in the Tribulation time when he comes to deliver them from the antichrist and says, (2) “God is my salvation… for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and song; he also is become my salvation” (3) “Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.” Then verses 4-6 is eschatological after he saves them like an eagle with his wings in Revelation 12:14 (Note the woman was Israel for 12 stars as noted in Josephs dream). Follow me now…
The word “salvation” in Isaiah is literally “yehoshua”…. same thing translated as Jesus. So when Jesus saw what was going on in the this feast, he knew that the Jews were unknowingly talking about Jesus HIMSELF! So it was an emotional thing because he prophesied what the Jewish people were going to experience in Acts 2 on the day of Pentecost, and also the fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy of his Spirit being poured out upon all flesh in the Tribulation time as stated in Joel 2:28 and finishing that chapter where “wonders in heaven and earth blood, and fire and pillars of smoke happens and the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood (Note: this is all Tribulation end prophecy times), and finally ends Joel 2:32 “it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered.” This is also referenced as Israel salvation in Romans 10:13 where Paul says in verse 1, “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved” In another chapter he says they are the natural branches that will be graffed in again “for the gifts and calling [of Israel] are without repentance. (Rom. 11:29).
So in conclusion, the feast of Tabernacles is prophetic and reveals God’s nature and identity of being the Salvation, the Messiah himself tabernacled in the flesh, and the same one who baptizes “immerses” us with his Spirit just like the day of Pentecost… with the sign of speaking in other tongues.
The Feast of Trumpets has been fulfilled by Jesus when He came to Earth the first time to offer Himself as the perfect sacrifice as the Lamb of God, our Passover Lamb, to remove the Sin of the world and all of the sins of individual people. His arrival on Earth as King of the Jews and of the World was announced by the angel’s voice [trumpet] to the shepherds.
[The trumpets were sounded to call God’s people to assemble, to worship, to march, to announce tidings, to announce the arrival of a king, to announce the beginning of a new cycle of annual worship, etc.]
The Feast (“Day”) of Atonement was fulfilled by Jesus on the Cross, His Resurrection, His acceptance by His Father as the True Wave Sheaf, and finally, His Ascension to “sit” at His Father’s side. (1 John 4:10; Romans 3:25; Hebrews 2:17)
The Feast of Tabernacles was fulfilled by Jesus in His Incarnation when He dwelt [tabernacled] with mankind. (John 1:14) The glorified Jesus Christ still spiritually tabernacles with Spiritual Israel the Church and His Body of Believers. God the Father, Jesus His Son and the Church are all spiritual Temples [Holy Tabernacles]
Are you suggesting that the Day of Atonement is on the same day as Passover? I know you aren’t. But regarding fulfillment, your theory has some chronological and logic issues.
In Matthew 19:17 The rich young ruler asked Yeshua
” what must I do to inherit eternal life? ” Yeshua replied
by telling him to keep those laws found specifically in the 10 commandments, no mention of keeping the feasts days of God. When the temple was destroyed in 70 AD, the entire temple services were brought to a halt. The animal sacrifices were no longer possible. How can we believe that Yah expected Judah to continue as they had before? They could not just pick and choose parts of the feast that they could keep, and neither should we. It remains impossible to keep the feasts as they were instructed to be kept, even to this day. Consider the feast of tabernacles, are we expected to make a trip to Jerusalem and just start lopping off Palm branches with which to build our tabernacle? From which tree’s ? God was specific that they were to be built with bough’s from tree’s He didn’t say to go to Walmart and purchase a canvas tent to shelter in, and where exactly are we to erect these tents? We are instructed to tabernacle with God for 7 days… where ? In the synagouge parking lots? On the temple mount? In the city of David? Keeping the feast in the way that Yah instructed was simply no longer feasible after 70 AD. We do know that the feast of Tabernacles will be celebrated in the 1000 yr reign of Christ- Zech 1. I for one am so looking forward to the day that I can participate in this long lost feast. But, until that time comes, I will have to be patient and remember what those feast were meant to commemorate. I pray I am not in error.
Regarding the observing of the Law written on tablets, Jeremiah records in 31:31 “Behold the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt …..
:33 But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD, I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it, and I will be their God and they shall be my People….